Transcendental Meditation, Vedic Science and Science

Science—in the forms of Western theoretical science, empirical research, and revised Vedic teachings—has played at least three different roles over the last fifty years in the evolving public and internal teachings of the Transcendental Meditation Organization (TMO) of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The fir...

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Main Author: Lowe, Scott (Author)
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Published: University of Californiarnia Press 2011
In: Nova religio
Year: 2011, Volume: 14, Issue: 4, Pages: 54-76
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